California is about 2.5 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 147% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (36.6 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.